Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.15534

    Sunspots

    Date
    21 July 1703
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p6-7
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 157mm
    width (page): 307mm
    Subject
    Content object
    space
       > Solar system
          > Sun
    Description
    Sunspots observed in June and July 1703 by William Derham. The description was read to the Royal Society on 21 July 1703, and published as W. Derham, ‘Sunspots observed June and July 1703’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 23, no. 288 (November and December 1703), pp. 1504-07, figs 1 and 2.
    Object history
    21 July 1703, 'Mr Derham's Account of the late solar spots was read, & he presented the society with his Observations & Figures of 'em, and promised and [sic] exact description of his Micrometer. He was thanked' (JBO/11/29).

    W. Derham, ‘Sunspots observed June and July 1703’, Phil. Trans., vol. 23, no. 288 (November and December 1703), pp. 1504-07, figs 1 and 2.
    Related fellows
    William Derham (1657 - 1735, British) , Natural philosopher
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